Improvement in horse-stall floors



GEORGE W. GORDON.

Improvement in Horse-Stall F|00rs..

" Patented June 4,1872.

- NOQ127,477.

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GEORGE W. GORDON, OF OHARLESTOVV N, MASSACHUSETTS.

' IMPROVEMENTIN HORSE-STALL FLOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,477, dated J une 4, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Stall Floors, invented by GEORGE W. GORDON, of Oharlestown, in

the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved stall-floor. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section of the same taken through the line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail cross-section of the same taken through the line 3 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention is an improvement on the stallfloor of Z. G. Garlick, for which Letters Patent of the United States were issued July 21, 1863, and which I accordingly disclaim. The invention consists, mainly, in so arranging the secondary floor as to constitute a close box or framing for the hinged part, thereby facilitatin g the cleaning of the stall, preventin g draught of air upon the animal, and producing other advantages not necessary to enumerate; and it consists in the floor, constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A are joists, eight, more or less, in number,

and about six feet long, three inches deep, and four inches wide. The joists A are arranged lengthwise of the stall and parallel with each other, and are attached to four, more or less, cross-bars, B, in such a way that the joists A may be raised half an inch, more or less, from the floor. In the under sides of the cross-bars B are formed several transverse grooves, b, to facilitate the running oil of the liquids. The forward end of the floor A B is hinged with wrought-iron strap-hinges to a head-piece, G, securely fastened to the floor near the crib. The side portions E E of the secondary or upper floor are laid flat upon the lower floor F, and secured thereto so as to form a perfect or water-tight inclosure or box for the hinged part A B, as shown.

By this construction, straw, manure, or other matter finding its way through the hinged floor will be retained by the box-like frame E E O, and its easy removal provided for.

I claim As the improvement herein described, the arrangement of the parts E E O with the permanent floor F and hinged floor A B, as shown and described.

GEORGE W. GORDON.

\Vitnesses:

LUSHER G. BAKER, J r., F. D. Woonnnmcn, Jr. 

